Re: [linux-audio-user] Slightly OT

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Slightly OT
From: Joe Hartley (joe.hartley_AT_ingenta.com)
Date: Sat Mar 01 2003 - 21:46:25 EET

On 01 Mar 2003 12:42:44 -0600
"Jan \"Evil Twin\" Depner" <eviltwin69_AT_cableone.net> wrote:
> It appears that the BSA may be one of open source's biggest allies.

There was a story on Slashdot yesterday
( http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/02/28/1317244.shtml?tid=109 )
about how the BSA sent a "cease and desist" order to the University
of Muenster in Germany for having copies of M$ Office on their FTP
server.

Unfortunately, the files were actually RPMs of OpenOffice. Seems
the BSA just looked for the word "office" and automatically sent out
their harassment letters.

Sheesh. 

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